Dave Van Ronk in Paris 1983, Fotos: Christian Rose
discography
This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

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Dave Van Ronk 45 rpm Singles
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11964DAVE VAN RONK WITH THE RED ONION JAZZ BAND

- If I Had To Do It All Over
- Ace In The Hole
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Prestige PR 45-288
21964DAVE VAN RONK WITH THE RED ONION JAZZ BAND

- Cake Walking Babies From Home
- St. Louis Tickle
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Prestige PR 45-297
310/1967DAVE VAN RONK & THE HUDSON DUSTERS

- Dink's Song
- Head Inspector
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Verve Forecast KF 5070
42/1968DAVE VAN RONK AND THE HUDSON DUSTERS

- Clouds (Both Sides Now)
- Romping Through The Swamp
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Verve Forecast KF 5080
51971DAVE VAN RONK

- Fox's Minstrel Show (mono)
- Fox's Minstrel Show (stereo)
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Polydor ML 008

Dave Van Ronk LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11958The Orange Blossom Jug Five: Skiffle in Stereo

- Just Because
- Camille Gaspegeau
- You Gotta Like It
- Keepin' Thin
- Salty Dog
- Down By The Riverside
- Trouble In Mind
- New Original Hello Alaska Statehood Joys
- Take Your Fingers Off It
- Snake Rag
- Reckless Blues
- Ice Cream
- Voice Of A Porkchop
- Long Time Man

 

Dave Van Ronk (guitar)
Sam Charters (cornet and guitar)
Russel Glynn (jug)
Ann Danberg (washboard) [later Ann Charters]
Len Kunstadt (kazoo)

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Lyrichord LLST 773
21959Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual

- Duncan And Brady
- Black Mountain Blues
- In The Pines
- My Baby's So Sweet
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Winin' Boy Blues
- If You Leave Me Pretty Mama

- Backwater Blues
- Careless Love
- Betty And Dupree
- K. C. Moan
- Gambler's Blues
- John Henry
- How Long
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Folkways FS 3818


= Verve Folkways FV/FVS-
9017 (12/1965) "Gambler's
Blues"

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= Folkways 31020 (1968)
"Black Mountain Blues"


= XTRA 1081 (UK 1969)
"Black Mountain Blues"

order Smithsonian Folkways
custom-made CD F-3818

re-released on CD:
The Folkways Years,
1959 - 1961

Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40041 (1991)

31961Van Ronk Sings (Vol. 2)

- Bed Bug Blues
- Yas-Yas-Yas
- See That My Grave is Kept Clean
- Tell Old Bill
- Georgie And The IRT
- Hesitation Blues
- Hootchy Kootchy Man
- Sweet Substitute

- Dink's Song
- River Come Down
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Come Back Baby
- Spike Driver's Moan
- Standing By My Window
- Willie The Weeper
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Folkways FA 2383

= "Van Ronk Sings Earthy
Ballads And Blues"

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= Verve Folkways FV 9006
(1965) (mono)
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= Verve Folkways SVLP 9006
(1965) (stereo)
"Dave Van Ronk Sings
The Blues"

order Smithsonian Folkways
custom-made CD F-2383

re-released on CD:
The Folkways Years,
1959 - 1961

Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40041 (1991)

41963Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger

- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Motherless Children
- Stackalee
- Mr. Noah
- Come Back Baby
- Poor Lazarus
- Samson & Delilah
- Cocaine Blues
- You've Been A Good Old Wagon
- Fixin' To Die
- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
- Long John
- Chicken Is Nice
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Prestige 14012
= Prestige 7527 (1967)

= P-Vine PCD-5144 (Jp)

re-released on CD as
Fantasy CD 24710

51964Dave Van Ronk And The Red Onion Jazz Band:
In The Tradition

- Cake Walking Babies From Home
- Ace In The Hole
- St. Louis Tickle
- Death Letter Blues
- If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
- Whoa Back Buck
- Sister Kate
- Kansas City Blues
- Green Rocky Road
- See See Rider
- Rocks And Gravel
- Hesitation Blues
rec. 1962

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Prestige 14001

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= Prestige 7800

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= P-Vine PCD-5306 (1997 Jp)
"More Songs From Coffee
House Folkies Series 2"

reissued 2002
(along with "Your Basic
Dave Van Ronk"
)
on Fantasy FCD-24772-2
"The Two Sides Of
Dave Van Ronk"

www.fantasyjazz.com

6196?Inside Dave Van Ronk


- House Carpenter
- The Cruel Ship's Captain
- Sprig Of Thyme
- Talking Cancer Blues
- I Buyed Me A Little Dog
- Lady Gay
- Fair And Tender Ladies
- Brian O'Lynne
- Shanty Man's Life
- Silver Dagger
- Kentucky Moonshiner
- He Never Came Back
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Prestige/Folklore 14025

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= Stateside SL 10153 (1965)
= Prestige 7716 (1972)
re-released on DLP as
Fantasy 24710 and on CD
as Fantasy CD 24710

78/1964Just Dave Van Ronk

- Candy Man
- Frankie's Blues
- Bad Dream Blues
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Didn't It Rain
- Wanderin'
- God Bless The Child
- Blue Monday
- Baby, Let Me Lay It On You
- House Of The Rising Sun
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Mercury 60808
83/1964Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers

- Everybody Loves My Baby
- Stealin'
- Take It Slow And Easy
- St. Louis Tickle
- Sister Kate
- Moritat
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Temptation Rag
- Shake That Thing
- K. C. Moan
- Georgia Camp Meeting
- You're A Viper
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Mercury SR 60864
912/1966No Dirty Names

- One Meatball
- One Of These Days
- Song Of The Wandering Aengus
- Keep It Clean
- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again
- Freddie
- Statesboro Blues
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Bout A Spoonful
- Mean World Blues
- Blues Chante
- The Old Man
- Alabama Song
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Verve/Forecast FTS 3009
104/1968Dave Van Ronk And The Hudson Dusters

- Alley Oop
- Head Inspector
- Swing On A Star
- Mr. Middle
- Chelsea Morning
- Clouds (From Both Sides Now)
- Keep Off The Grass
- Dink's Song
- New Dreams
- Cocaine
- Romping Through The Swamp
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Verve/Forecast 3041
111971Van Ronk

- Bird On The Wire
- Fox's Minstrel Show
- Port Of Amsterdam
- Fat Old John
- Urge For Going
- Random Canyon
- I Think It's Going To Rain Today
- Gaslight Rag
- Honey Hair
- Legend Of The Dead Soldier
- Ac-Cent-tchu-Ate The Positive
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Polydor 24-4052
= 2425 048 (1972)

more info

121972Van Ronk

- Samson And Delilah
- Cocaine Blues
- You've Been A Good Old Wagon
- Fixin' To Die
- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
- Long John
- Chicken Is Nice
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Motherless Child
- Stackerlee
- Mr. Noah
- Come Back Baby
- Poor Lazarus
- House Carpenter
- Cruel Ship's Captain, The
- Sprig Of Thyme
- Talking Cancer Blues
- I Buyed Me A Little Dog
- Lady Gay
- Fair And Tender Ladies
- Brian O'Lynne
- Shanty Man's Life
- Silver Dagger
- Kentucky Moonshiner
- He Never Came Back
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Fantasy DLP 24710
DLP containing "Folksinger"
Prestige / Folklore 14025
(= Stateside SL 10153 (1965)
= Prestige 7716 (1972)) and
"Inside" Prestige 14012
(= Prestige 7527 (1967))

re-released on CD:
Inside Dave Van Ronk
Fantasy CD 24710 (1990)

131973Songs For Ageing Children
(Let The Feeling Talk To You)

- Duncan and Brady
- As You Make Your Bed
- Teddy Bear's Picnic
- Song For Joni
- Work With Me Annie
- River
- My Little Grass Shack (in Kealakekua, Hawaii)
- Sail Away
- Candy Man
- Last Call
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Chess/Cadet CA 50044
141976Sunday Street

- Sunday Street
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
- Maple Leaf Rag
- Down South Blues
- Jivin' Man Blues
- That Song About The Midway
- The Pearls
- That'll Never Happen No More
- Mamie's Blues
- Would You Like to Swing on a Star?
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Philo 1036
= Rounder CD PHIL1036 (1986)
151980Somebody Else, Not Me

- Michigan Water Blues
- Somebody Else, Not Me
- Old Hannah
- The Entertainer
- Did You Hear John Hurt?
- Old Blue
- Sportin' Life
- Casey Jones
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Song To Woody
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Philo PH 1065 (rec. 1979)

= Someone Else, Not Me
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Rounder CD PHIL1065 (1999)

161982Your Basic Dave Van Ronk

- God Bless The Child
- Sunday Street
- In The Midnight Hour
- Stagolee
- Sporting life Blues
- Cocaine Blues
- St. James Infirmary
- Good Old Wagon
- Spike Driver Blues
- Gaslight Rag
- Candy Man
rec. 1981

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Kicking Mule KM 177 [US]


= Sonet 885 [UK]

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= Aural Traditions
ATR 104 [Ca]

reissued 2002 (along with
"In The Tradition")
on Fantasy FCD-24772-2
"The Two Sides Of
Dave Van Ronk"

www.fantasyjazz.com

171983St. James Infirmary

- Intro [live]
- Green Rocky Road [live]
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well [live]
- Somebody Else But Me [live]
- Come Back Baby (Let's Talk It Over One More Time) [live]
- The Boll Weevil Song [live]
- St. James Infirmary [live]
- Blood Red Moon
- Baby Let Me Lay It On You
- Statesboro Blues
- Dry Land Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Left Bank Blues
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Paris Album DKB 3359

re-released 1996 on CD:
Statesboro Blues
EPM Musique BC157842

181983Dave Van Ronk In Rome

- Kansas City Blues (trad.)
- Down South Blues (Carr - Blackwell)
- Bad Dreams Blues (D. Van Ronk)
- Losers (D. Van Ronk)
- Long John (trad.)
- He Was A Friend Of Mine (B. Dylan)

- Another Time And Place (D. Van Ronk)
- Loving Spoonful (Rev. Gary Davis)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (Wilie Dixon)
- The Old Man (Bob Dylan)
- Frankie's Blues (trad.)
- Honey Hair (D. Van Ronk)



Folkstudio FK 5017

(Folkstudio
Roma Via G Sacchi 3
Tel. 06/5892374-314150
Folkstudio founder & owner
Giancarlo Cesaroni
† January 1998)

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re-released 1995
on Alcazar CD ALC 120
"from ... another time & place"

191985Going Back To Brooklyn

- Losers
- Blood Red Moon
- Honey Hair
- Head Inspector
- Luang Prebang
- Antelope Rag
- Tantric Mantra
- Gaslight Rag
- Last Call
- Garden State Stomp
- Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again
- The Whores of San Pedro
- Left Bank Blues
- Another Time and Place
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Reckless RK 1916

re-released on CD:
Gazell GPCD 2006 (1991)

201988Hesitation Blues

- Samson And Delilah
- Fixin' To Die
- Long John
- Motherless Children
- I Buyed Me A Little Dog
- Poor Lazarus
- The Cruel Ship's Captain
- Kansas City Blues
- House Carpenter
- Fair And Tender Ladies
- Hesitation Blues
- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
- Come Back Baby
- Sprig Of Thyme
- Silver Dagger
- Death Letter Blues
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Big Beat WIK 84
(Compilation out of Prestige's
"Folksinger",
"In The Tradition"
and "Inside")
211990Frankie Armstrong & Dave Van Ronk: Let No One Deceive You
Songs of Bertolt Brecht


- Mack the Knife (Theme From "The Threepenny Opera")
(- The Love Market)
- We All Make The Bed That We Lie In
(- Lullabies I, II, III, / To My Countrymen / Lullaby IV)
- A Man Is A Man
(- The Song Of The Little Wind)
- Let No One Deceive You
(- Song Of The Moldau)
- The Legend Of The Dead Soldier
(- Pirate Jenny)
- Alabama Song
(- What Keeps Mankind Alive?)
- Tango-Ballad

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Flying Fish CD FF 70557
221990Peter & The Wolf

- Peter and the Wolf
- Swing On A Star
- I'm Proud To Be A Moose
- Foolish Frog
- Mairzy Doats
- Teddy Bears' Picnic
- Green, Green Rocky Road
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Alacazam ALAC-CD 1004
231990Hummin' To Myself - Dave Van Ronk Sings An American Songbook

- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
- Making Whoopie
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Hummin' To Myself
- Hong Kong Blues
- Lucky So And So
- The Fresno Shuffle
- Gee Baby Ain't I Good You
- Two Sleepy People
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Jack You're Dead
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Gazell GPCD 2004
241991The Folkways Years, 1959 - 1961

- Duncan and Brady
- Hesitation Blues
- In the Pines
- Willie The Weeper
- Twelve Gates To The City
- River Come Down
- Careless Love
- Betty And Dupree
- Bed Bug Blues
- Leave Her Johnny
- Yas, Yas, Yas,
- Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Winin' Boy
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Gambler's Blues (from Folkways 3805 "The Unfortunate Rake)
- Spike Driver's Moan
- Georgie On The IRT
- Come Back Baby
- Black Mountain Blues
- My Baby's So Sweet
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Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40041
251992A Chrestomathy

- Tell Old Bill
- Cocaine Blues
- Motherless Children
- Poor Lazarus
- Mr. Noah
- Come Back Baby
- If I Had To Do It All Over Again (I'd Do It All Over You)
- Kentucky Moonshiner
- Fair And Tender Ladies
- Alley-Oop
- Chelsea Morning
- Clouds (From Both Sides Now)
- Swinging On A Star
- Dink's Song
- Romping Through The Swamp
- My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii
- You's A Viper
- Temptation Rag
- Stealin'
- John Hurt
- Sunday Street
- Entertainer
- Candy Man
- Teddy Bear's Picnic
- Mack The Knife
- Tango Ballad
- Losers
- Garden State Stomp
- Two Sleepy People
- The Fresno Shuffle
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Gazell GPCD 2007/8
= Compilation out of diverse
early and recent (1960 until
1991) records
261994To All My Friends In Far-Flung Places

- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Where Were You Last Night
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Ramblin' Boy
- My Name Joe
- Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
- Entering Marion
- The Drinking Song
- Amoeba Hop
- Things
- Stone Sober Blues
- Joshua Gone Barbados
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done
- To All My Friends In Far Flung Places
- Wrap The World Around Your Finger (Judy Mayhan)
- Jersey Girl
- Punky's Dilemma
- I'm Hip
- Harbour Of Love
- Awful Kind Of Blues
- Why The Blues Don't Worry Me
- A Sailor's Prayer
- Many A Mile
- Four Strong Winds
- The Simple Things We Said (Los Choses Los Plus Simple)
- Song To A Seagull
- Heart On The Run
- To All My Friends In Far Flung Places (Reprise)
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Gazell GPCD 2011/12
271995from ... another time & place

- Another Time & Place
- Lovin' Spoonful
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- The Old Man
- Frankie's Blues
- Honey Hair
- Kansas City Blues
- Down South Blues
- Bad Dream Blues
- Losers
- Long John
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
re-release of 1983 LP
Folkstudio FK 5017
"Dave Van Ronk In Rome"

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Alcazar CD ALC 120

281997Dave Van Ronk Live at Sir George Williams University

- Gambler's Blues
- That Will Never Happen No More
- The Old Man
- St. Louis Tickle
- Frankie And Albert
- Down And Out
- W.C. Fields Routine
- Mack The Knife
- Song Of The Wandering Angus
- Mean World Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Statesboro Blues
- Cocaine
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Just A Memory CD 9132
292001Dave Van Ronk: Sweet & Lowdown

- I'll See You In My Dreams
- Comes Love
- Zoot Suit
- As Time Goes By
- Some Of These Days
- Thanks For The Memory
- Puttin' On The Ritz
- Blues In The News
- I'd Rather Charleston
- I Can't Get Started
- Sweet And Lowdown
- I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
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Justin Time Records CD
JUST 166-2

more info

302002The Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk

- Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
- Ace In The Hole
- St. Louis Tickle
- Death Letter Blues
- All Over You
- Whoa Back Buck
- Sister Kate
- Kansas City Blues
- Green, Green Rocky Road
- See See Rider
- Rocks and Gravel
- Hesitation Blues
- God Bless The Child
- Sunday Street
- Sportin' Life
- Cocaine
- St. James Infirmary
- You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
- Spike Drive Blues
- Gaslight Rag
- Candy Man
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Fantasy FCD-24772-2
CD re-issue of
"In the Tradition" and
"Your Basic Dave Van Ronk"
liner notes: Mitch Greenhill

www.fantasyjazz.com

312004Dave Van Ronk: ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended...

- Down South Blues
- Dave speaks
- You've Been A Good Old Wagon
- Dave speaks
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Dave speaks
- Did You Hear John Hurt?
- Dave speaks
- Green, Green Rocky Road
- Dave speaks
- Jelly Jelly
- Nobody Know You When You're Down And Out
- Dave speaks
- One Meat Ball
- Buckets Of Rain
- Dave speaks
- Sometime (Whatcha Gonna Do)
- Sportin' Life Blues
- Dave speaks
- Ace In The Hole
- Dave speaks
- St. James Infirmary
- Thank You
- Urge For Going
October 2001 recording of
his last concert

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Smithsonian Folkways
CD SFW40156

www.folkways.si.edu

322005Dave Van Ronk:
The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Rarities 1957-1969

- New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
- On Top Of Old Smoky
- All My Trials
- Buddy Bolden's Blues
- The Butcher Boy
- Salty Dog
- Two Trains Running
- Way Down In Lubyanka Prison
- Willie The Weeper
- Shaving Cream
- The Cruel Ship's Captain
- As You Make Your Bed
- Bird On The Wire
- Both Sides Now
- In Conditional Support Of Beauty
- W.C. Fields Routine
- Romping Through The Swamp

Companion CD to Dave Van Ronk's memoir of the Greenwich Village folk revival, "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" (DaCapo Press, 2005)

prod. by Elijah Wald
in association with
Multicultural Media
and Lyrichord Discs

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Rootstock MCM-4005

www.multiculturalmedia.com
www.lyrichord.com

 

1964 Mercury ad; click to enlarge !
1964 Mercury advertisement
(my suspicion that the picture does not show DvR was finally confirmed by Elijah Wald today stating that Mercury even published an apology later)

 

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Another Mistake:
Greg Irons ticket for a midweek Bill Graham Presents concert held Monday, 10/26/70 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA for a "Traveling Faire of Contemporary Acoustic Music" entitled 'Equinox', which featured Dave Van [spelled Jan here] Ronk, The Fourth Way & Victoria

 
(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings
#year
of release
artist / title / songs featuring Dave Van Ronklabel # / notes
119??Bob Dylan
He Was A Friend Of Mine


- Car-Car (Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk)

Platinum PLP 39/24051 [G]
21963Geoff Muldaur
Sleepy Man Blues

Dave Van Ronk on guitar throughout
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Prestige/Folklore 14004
= Prestige 7727
reissued on Big Beat WIK 78 [UK]
partly reissued 1996
on Compilation "The Bluesville Years"
Prestige PRCD-9915-2
31967Janis Ian

- A Grape Masher With Dirty Feet (Conversation with Richie Havens and Dave Van Ronk)

Verve Folkways FTS-3017

more info

41983Rod MacDonald
No Commercial Traffic

vocals on 'A Sailor's Prayer'
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Cinemagic HR-8007
51995Peter, Paul & Mary
LifeLines


- Wanderin' / Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
(Peter, Paul & Mary and Dave Van Ronk)

Warner Brothers CD 9 45851-2

Peter, Paul and Mary homepage

61996Peter, Paul & Mary
LifeLines Live


- Wanderin' / Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
(Peter, Paul & Mary and Dave Van Ronk)

Warner Brothers CD 9-46298-2

Peter, Paul and Mary homepage

71998Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen
Never Grow Up


- Froggy Went A-Courtin'

Flying Fish CD 671
81998Peter, Paul & Mary
Around The Campfire


- River Of Jordan (chorus)

Warner Brothers CD 46873

Peter, Paul and Mary homepage

91998Tom Russell
The Man From God Knows Where


- The Outcaste
- The Outcaste (revisited)
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more info

101998Nancy Griffith
Other Voices Too: A Trip Back to Bountiful


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Elektra 62235-2

more info

111999Ramblin' Jack Elliott
The Long Ride


- St. James Infirmary
- East Virginia Blues (with Dave Alvin)

Hightone CD 8107

more info

 

Mel Bay presents The Guitar Stylings of Dave Van Ronk
Mel Bay presents
The Guitar Stylings of Dave Van Ronk

 
Anthologies / Samplers containing Dave Van Ronk
#year
of release
title of sampler / Van Ronk songslabel # / notes
11958Our Singing Heritage Vol. 1

- Jack Went A-Sailing (Lori Holland)
- Strawberry Roan (Pat Foster)
- Rich Old Lady (Peggy Seeger)
- Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane (Pegram and Parham)
- Gypsy Lover (Lori Holland)
- When I Was Single (E.G.Huntington)
- Roll On Buddy (Paul Clayton)
- The House Carpenter (Ellen Stekert)

- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Dave Van Ronk)
- Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Lee Charles)
- Lakes Of Ponchartrain (E.G.Huntington)
- Froggie Went A-Courtin (Ellen Stekert)
- Goodbye, Little Bonnie, Goodbye (Paul Clayton)
- John Riley (Myra Ross)
- Johnny Runkins (Pat Foster)

- Mary, What You Call That Pretty Little Baby (Dave Van Ronk)
- Yellow Rose Of Texas (Pegram and Parham)
- Love Henry (Peggy Seeger)
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Elektra EKL 151
21959Foc'sle Songs And Shanties

- Ratcliffe Highway (Paul Clayton)
- Rio Grande (Roger Abrahams)
- Haul On The Bowline (Dave Van Ronk) #
- Maggie May (Paul Clayton)
- Haul Away Joe (Bob Brill)
- Do My Johnny Booker (Paul Clayton)
- Roll The Cotton Down (Roger Abrahams)
- Haul Boys Haul (Paul Clayton)
- Leave Her Johnny (Dave Van Ronk) #
- Paddy Lay Back (Paul Clayton)

- Fire Down Below (Paul Clayton)
- A Hundred Years Ago (Bob Brill)
- Santy Anno (Dave Van Ronk) #
- Captain Nipper (Paul Clayton)
- Hanging Johnny (Roger Abrahams)
- Banks Of The Sacramento (Paul Clayton)
- Won't You Go My Way (Roger Abrahams)
- Good Bye Fare Thee Well (Paul Clayton)
- All Bound To Go (Roger Abrahams)
- The Black Ball Line (Paul Clayton)

# Dave Van Ronk, lead vocal
Dave Van Ronk member of chorus on all other tracks

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Folkways FA 2429

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= Le Chant Du Monde
FWX-M 52429
"Chants de marins anglais"

31960The Unfortunate Rake

- Gambler's Blues (2:42)

Folkways FA 3805
41963Newport Folk Festival 1963 The Evening Concerts Vol. 2

Bessie Jones
- My God Is A Rock In The Weary Land
- The Buzzard Lope
Jackie Washington
- One Man's Hands
- Bill Bailey
Bob Davenport
- With My Pit Boots On
Judy Collins & Theodore Bikel
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
Theodore Bikel
- Little Star
- Coplas


Dave Van Ronk
- Candy Man
- Hold On
Jean Redpath
- The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre
- Song Of The Seals
Jean Carignan
- Le Violon Monte En Viele
- Le Reel Du Diable
- Le Reel De Rimouski
Pete Seeger
- Cripple Creek; Old Joe Clark; Leather Britches
Festival Finale
- This Land
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Vanguard VSD-79149
recorded live at the
Newport Folk Festival 1963
51964Blues At Newport

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Frankie
John Hammond
- No Money Down
- Me & The Devil
- Tallahassee Woman

Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- You Got To Move
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Bus Station Blues

Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Gambler's Blues
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Walk On

recorded live at the
Newport Folk Festival, 1963

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Vanguard VRS-9145 (mono)
= VSD-79145 (stereo)

61964Blues Project:

- Bad Dream Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
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Elektra EKL-264 (mono)
+ EKS-7264 (stereo)
"A compendium of the very
best on the urban blues
scene"
701/64
4 LP
The Folk Box

- Don't Leave Me Here

Elektra EKL 9001
= EUK 2512/2 (UK)
81964Folklore Jamboree

click to enlarge !
Prestige FL 14023
91968
3 LPs
Various Artists: Something To Sing About
produced by Milton Okun

- Sprig Of Thyme

accompanying LP set to book
of the same title "Something
To Sing About - the personal
choices of America's folk
singers".- New York:
Macmillan Co. 1968
click to enlarge !
10197?Take A Trip With Me

- Cocaine Blues 3:52
- Talkin' Cancer Blues 2:46
click to enlarge !
Prestige 7539

more info

111972
2 LP
Blues Selection

- Cocaine Blues
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
click to enlarge !
Bellaphon/Fantasy BJS 4071
121978Philadelphia Folk Festival:

- Green, Green Rocky Road
click to enlarge !
Flying Fish FF-064
recorded at the Old Poole
Farm, Upper Salford, Pa.,
August 26, 27, 28, 1977
131979Bread & Roses:

- Swinging On A Star 2:31
click to enlarge !
Fantasy 0081.101
Festival of acoustic music,
Greek Theater, U.C. Berkely
141982V.A.: February 1982

- Garden State Stomp

CooP SE 101

Fast Folk discography

151984The Blues June 1984

- Motherless Children (Blind Willie Johnson)
click to blow up !
Fast Folk FF 106

Fast Folk discography

161984Bleecker And MacDougal
(The Folk Scene Of The 1960's)

- Don't You Leave Me Here
click to enlarge !
Elektra 60381-1-V

more info

171984Crossroads
(White Blues In The 1960s - The Jac Holzman Years )

- Bad Dream Blues
click to enlarge !
Elektra 60383-1-U
181988Sixth Anniversary Issue
Fall 1988

- Losers

Fast Folk FF 405/406

Fast Folk discography

191988Blues In The Bottle

- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- The House Carpenter
- Death Letter Blues

Big Beat WIK 71
201989American Children:

- I'm Proud To Be A Moose
click to enlarge !
Alacazam 1002

more info

211990Live At The Bottom Line 1988
January 1990

- The Last Call

Fast Folk FF 502

Fast Folk discography

221990The Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989-90

- Did You Hear John Hurt?
Recorded live on October 1,
1989 and October 21, 1990
at the Eisner And Lubin
Auditorium of New York
University, New York City.


Gadfly 222

reissued as CD Gadfly 100591
Oct 1994

231991Folk Song America, Vol. 3:
A 20th Century Revival

- Yas, Yas, Yas

The Smithsonian Collection of
Recordings.- Sony Music Special
Products RD 046-2
23a1991Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won’t Be Back No More
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel & Hammy Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues
Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues

Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More
click to enlarge !
Vanguard CD 70115-2

www.vanguardrecords.com

241992Tenth Anniversary Fast Folk Revue Part 1 - Live at the Bottom Line
October 1992

- The Garden State Stomp

Fast Folk FF 603

Fast Folk discography

251993Blues with a feeling

- Cocaine

Vanguard 77005
(Recorded live at the
Newport Folk Festival)
261994Live at the Bottom Line 1994
November 1994

- Losers

Fast Folk FF 802

Fast Folk discography

271994Christine Lavin Presents: Follow That Road:

- Did You Hear John Hurt? (with Tom Paxton)
- Green Green Rocky Road
click to enlarge !
Rounder / Philo CD 1164

more info

281995?The Prestige / Folklore Years Vol. 1: All Kinds Of Folks:

- Green Rocky Road
- Whoa, Back, Buck!

Prestige CD 9901
291995?The Prestige / Folklore Years Vol. 2: The New City Blues:

- Cocaine Blues
- Death Letter Blues

Prestige CD 9902
301995The Prestige / Folklore Years Vol. 3: Roots And Branches:

- St. Louis Tickle

Prestige CD 9903
311982
1995
Ten Great Years at Kerrville Folk Festival, Vol 2 Disc 1

- Another Time And Place

Silverwolf CD 1002-1

more info

321996The Bluesville Years Vol. 7: Blues Blue, Blues White (=Blues in the Sun, Vol. 7)

- Fixin' To Die
- Come Back Baby
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Statesboro Blues

Prestige 9915
331996Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection

- Hesitation Blues

Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40062
341996Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks, Vol. 2

- Garden State Stomp
click to enlarge !
Shanachie CD 8023
351997Big League Babe

The Christine Lavin Tribute Album, Vol. 1


- The Amoeba Hop
(Dave Van Ronk / Frank Christian)

Prime CD 37
361997Blues with a feeling, part two

- Cocaine

Vanguard CD 73134-2
(Recorded live at the
Newport Folk Festival)
371998The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music

- East Virginia Blues - Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy, And Jay Bennett
- I'm On The Battlefield For My Lord - Ethel Caffie-Austin
- John Henry - John Jackson
- A Lazy Farmer Boy - Greg Hooven String Band
- Old Dog Blue - Lonnie Pitchford
- Home Sweet Home - The New Lost City Ramblers
- The Butcher Boy - Ginny Hawker
- John The Revelator - Ethel Caffie-Austin
- His Tapes Roll On - Peter Stampfel
- Minglewood Blues - John Sebastian And The J-Band With Geoff Muldaur
- The Coo Coo Bird - Ella Jenkins
- Frankie And Johnny - John Jackson
- Sugar Baby - Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy And Jay Bennett
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Balfa Toujours

- Spike Driver Blues - Dave Van Ronk
- Darling Corey - Greg Hooven String Band
- The Coo Coo Bird - Toshi Reagon
- James Alley Blues - Jeff Tweedy, Roger McGuinn, And Jay Bennett
- Nothing - The Fugs

Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40085
381998Live From The Mountain Stage Lounge

- Where Were You Last Night ?
click to enlarge !
Blue Plate Music 312
391998What's That I Hear
The Songs Of Phil Ochs


- Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends

Sliced Bread CD 71176

more info

401998
3 CDs
Folk Classics
36 All-Time Favorites


- Wanderin'

BMG Special Products
411999Blues At Kerrville

Dave Van Ronk
- Another Time And Place
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Sometimes I Feel Myself Slippin'
Roy Book Binder
- Kentucky Blues
Marcia Ball
- My Man Is A Two Timer
Josh White Jr.
- I Can Be Had
Angela Strehli
- Telephone Blues
Marcia Ball
- Under Love's Spell
Tom Ball/Kenny Sultan
- Honey Bee
Mance Lipscomb
- Texas Blues
Robert Shaw
- Put Me In The Alley
Juke Boy Bonner
- I've Had The Blues
Spider John Kelmer
- Midnight Special
Kenneth Threadgill
- Mississippi Delta Blues

Silverwolf CD 1016

www.silverwolfmusic.com

421999A Story To Tell
Starbucks (coffee) Presents Powerful Songs from the Coffeehouse

- Song To Woody
click to enlarge !
Starbucks CD

more info

432000Dealin' With The Devil
Songs of Robert Johnson

- Last Fair Deal Gone Down (with Luke Faust, banjo)
click to enlarge !
Cannonball Records
CBD 29117

more info

4419??
5 LPs
The 50 Greatest Folk Singers: Legendary Folk Songs


Longines Symphonette
Recording Society /
Vanguard
LONGIN LWS-176 - 181
452001
3-CD box
Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950-1970)

- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- You'se A Viper

Rhino R2 74264

more info

Thanks to:
Foster Carder
Gerry Clarke
Robert Lyng

 
Other artist's Covers of Dave Van Ronk songs
#year
of release
Artist
Record Title

- featured Dave Van Ronk song
label # / notes
11962Peter, Paul & Mary
Peter, Paul & Mary


- Bamboo [= 'River Come Down']

Warner Brothers WS-1449
11973Patrick Sky
Songs That Made America Famous


- Luang Prabang
recorded 1971

click to enlarge !
Adelphi AD-R4101

more info / some lyrics


re-released 1997:
Adelphi / Genes CD 4101
sound clips

Patrick Sky discography

32000Peter Keane
Another Kind of Blue


- Sunday Street

Broken White CD 6008

www.peterkeane.com

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions

source of left column drawing: back cover of Polydor 24-4052

thanks for additional info to Elijah Wald, and Alessandro Nobis, Verona, Italy

 

Dave Van Ronk contributed to the booklet included in the reissue of
Anthology Of American Folk Music
edited by Harry Smith

ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC won the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes and Best Historical Album !!!

 

Dave Van Ronk
is member of the population of
Humbead's Revised Map of the World
click to have a look at 'Humbead's Revised Map of the World'

 

For much more info about Dave Van Ronk visit the
Unauthorized Dave Van Ronk homepage
created and maintained by Jeff Kenney

 

Dave Van Ronk with Elijah Wald: Dave Van Ronk – The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Dave Van Ronk with Elijah Wald:
Dave Van Ronk – The Mayor of MacDougal Street

due April 19th, 2005, from Da Capo Press

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